The revelation of the Monk of Eynsham
By: edited by Robert Easting.
Contributors: Easting, Robert.; Early English Text Society.
Series: Early English Text Society ;; no. 318; Early English Text Society (Series) ;; no. 318.
Publisher: Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: enm; lat
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Adam, of Eynsham, fl. 1196-1232; Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- England -- Translations into Middle English; Private revelations -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Purgatory -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Paradise -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Visions -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Texts; Near-death experiences in literature
Genres: Translations into Middle English.; Texts.
Description: This is a late-15th-century translation of the late-12th-century 'Visio Monachi de Eynsham'. It recounts a vision of purgatory and paradise, peopled by contemporary figures such as King Henry II, experienced by the author's brother at the monastery of Eynsham in 1196.
Notes: Latin text with parallel Middle English translation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-277) and index.